Sept. 05, 2012
Trent J. Perrotto
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov
Jay Bolden
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-168
NASA CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION EXPEDITIONS
HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold an
Expedition 34 and 35 crew briefing Thursday, Sept. 13, to preview the
upcoming missions aboard the International Space Station. NASA
Television and the agency's website will broadcast the briefing live.
At 1 p.m.CDT, Expedition 34 and 35 crew members Thomas Marshburn of
NASA, Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency and Roman Romanenko
of the Russian Federal Space Agency will discuss their mission. They
are set to launch to the space station aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M
spacecraft Dec. 5 and return to Earth in May 2013.
Marshburn, Hadfield and Romanenko are three of the six crew members
comprising Expeditions 34 and 35. When they arrive at the station,
they will join NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts
Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy.
In March 2013 as Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin depart the station,
Hadfield will become the first Canadian commander of the complex for
Expedition 35.
Following the news conference, interview opportunities with the crew
members are available in person, by phone or through Internet
videoconferencing. To reserve an interview opportunity, news media
representatives must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by
5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.
To participate in the news conferences from a NASA center, U.S.
journalists must call that center's public affairs office by 5 p.m.
local time Wednesday, Sept. 12. To participate in the briefings by
phone, media representatives must call the Johnson newsroom 15
minutes before each briefing. Priority will be given to journalists
participating in person; questions by phone will be taken as time
permits.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station and its
crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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